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Assuming human pupil to have a radius of 0.25 cm and a comfortable viewing distance of 25 cm, the minimum separation between two objects than human eye can resolve at 500nm wavelength is :

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`(d_(0))/(d_(1)) = theta = (1.22 lambda)/(d)`
`d_(0) = (1.22 xx 500 xx 10^(-9))/(0.5 xx 10^(-2)) xx 25 xx 10^(-2)`
`d_(0) = 1.22 xx 25 xx 10^(-6)`
`d_(0) = 30 mum`
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